The Scottish Government plans to increase offshore wind capacity to 11 gigawatts (GW) of energy installed by 2030 鈥 which is, as the government has said, enough to power more than eight million homes.Currently, Scotland, with a population of around 5.5 million people, has 5.6GW of consented offshore capacity, of which 1GW is operational.'The aim of substantially increasing the offshore wind capacity鈥
A report commissioned by Crown Estate Scotland has found that Scotland has good technical capability to support offshore wind port functions in some, but not all locations and that investments in port capacity will be required to meet the needs of the growing offshore wind industry鈥
云顶赌场老虎机 renewables services firm Swire Blue Ocean (SBO) will transport and install win turbines for the giant Seagreen wind farm offshore Scotland.Under the contract signed with wind turbine maker MHI Vestas 云顶赌场老虎机 Wind, SBO will transport and install 114 MHI Vestas 云顶赌场老虎机 Wind wind turbines鈥
The UAE-based offshore construction company Lamprell will build 30 substructures for Seagreen offshore wind farm in Scotland. The Letter of Award was awarded by Seaway 7, the Renewables business unit of Subsea 7, the lead engineering, procurement鈥
French oil and gas major Total will buy a 51% stake in SSE Renewables' giant Seagreen 1 offshore wind farm project for an upfront payment at closing of 70 million pounds and earn-outs up to 60 million pounds in aggregate subject to performance conditions鈥
Tidal energy developer MeyGen Ltd has been awarded a £1.545 million grant from the Scottish Government's Saltire Tidal Energy Challenge Fund.The proceeds will be used to develop a subsea tidal turbine connection hub for the next phase of development of the MeyGen tidal power array鈥
